{"id":11851,"date":"2013-02-12T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=11851"},"modified":"2015-09-18T09:37:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T08:37:53","slug":"whiplash-claims-compensation-offers-how-much-will-i-be-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2013\/02\/12\/whiplash-claims-compensation-offers-how-much-will-i-be-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiplash Claims Compensation Offers – How Much Will I Be Paid?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whiplash claims are oh so common; and the question as to how much compensation you are allowed to recover for a whiplash claim is all over the internet. We have done a fair few articles on this topic in the past<\/a>, but the reason I wanted to write about this today is because I have a whiplash claim and I’ve just received my very first offer! Very exciting…
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Now, being an employee of The Injury Lawyers and having my claim here at work means I have full confidence that my claim will be settled for the very best amount<\/em><\/strong>. When I received the offer for my claim last week (I was a passenger on a bus which pulled an emergency stop at 40mph at traffic lights as the driver wasn\u2019t paying attention) I was actually quite surprised. For a guy who advises people about making whiplash claims<\/a> on a daily basis, I had totted up in my head an estimated guess of around \u00a33,000 – \u00a33,500<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But I was wrong \u2013 my first offer from the other side is a huge \u00a34,250<\/em><\/strong> for my claim! That\u2019s a pretty nice offer; and given that many solicitors tend to settle minor whiplash claims for around \u00a32,500<\/em><\/strong>, I assumed the expert advice from my solicitor would be to accept; especially as it\u2019s a Part 36 offer (which I\u2019ll explain in more detail in a bit). But having spent plenty of time researching my offer, we are countering at an amount I will not disclose as this moment in time as it\u2019s yet to be sent across to the other side!<\/p>\n

But the point in me writing this blog now (which I\u2019ve been dying to write for ages but I\u2019ve been patiently waiting for my claim to settle!) is that I wanted to point something out to you:<\/p>\n

For a minor whiplash claim, you could be entitled to a sum in the region of \u00a34,250<\/em><\/strong> I know this because that\u2019s the first offer that\u2019s come through for me! Now, the reason I\u2019m telling you this is because of these important factors:<\/p>\n